Is a Retainership Bonus or Joining Bonus part of CTC?

yes bonus is included in ctc. as per the bonus act the company is liable to pay bonus to every employees who has worked for not less than 30 days incl leaves, weekly offs etc, so it is a cost to the...

There are not bonuses for an initial enlistment. In some cases there are bonuses for re-enlistments, depending upon the Specialty and longevity, as well as location.

Years later, Congress finally decided to give them their bonus.

You must have something that the Corps values well beyond just a warm body. Consider a background that included fluency in Farsi, a couple of years as a heavy equipment operator, Scuba certification,...

It's different for each rate/rank, and whether or not you have any prior service, degree, etc., or not. Though the different rates are posted on the Naval Reserve website, they change at the whim of...